Consumer forum asks Snapdeal to pay Rs 1 lakh to buyer sent soaps in place of iPhone

Almost two years after an engineer received soaps instead of an iPhone 7 Plus from e-commerce platform Snapdeal, a consumer forum has ordered that he be paid Rs 1 lakh as compensation for the wrong delivery.

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8 reasons Apple CEO Tim Cook is ‘very Happy’ with India

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Warning, Android users may be blackmailed by this ‘sex simulator’ app

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Indian SMBs more interested in online presence: Survey

Compared to their global counterparts, Indian entrepreneurs and small business owners are more inclined towards building an online presence, says a survey by Internet names and registrations management major GoDaddy.

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Phishing attack still top threat to financial services: Report

Criminals seem to be recycling old attack methods as a new report has found that phishing attacks remain the top threat to financial services organisations and customers.

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OnePlus beats Samsung, Apple in Indian premium segment: Report

Riding on its flagship OnePlus 7 series, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus captured its highest-ever shipment share of 43 per cent in the second quarter (Q2) to become the leader in the premium segment (Rs 30,000 and above) in India, Counterpoint Research said on Wednesday.

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Radiation from mobile towers may be to blame for rising dental problems, claims doctor

Radiation from mobile phone towers could be a reason for increasing oral problems in people, said a doctor at Saveetha Dental College and Hospital here on Wednesday.

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Amazon and Tesla CEOs to help NASA land humans on Moon

Various NASA centres will partner with 13 companies to provide expertise, facilities, hardware and software.

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Facebook fact-checker says company must share more data to fight misinformation

USA-FACEBOOK-Facebook fact-checker says company must share more data to fight misinformation

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Blockchain launches cryptocurrency exchange with trades at high speed

Blockchain, one of the world's largest digital currency wallet companies, announced the launch of a cryptocurrency exchange called The PIT that aims to execute trades in microseconds for retail and institutional investors.

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Twitter removes conspiracy account after retweet by Donald Trump

Twitter has suspended an account that peddled conspiracy theories on the social media platform after US President Donald Trump retweeted one such post on Tuesday, the media reported. Twitter said it suspended the account for violating its rules.

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US senator proposes bill to ban Snapchat 'Snapstreaks'

SNAP-SENATE-STREAKS:Oh Snap: U.S. senator proposes bill to ban Snapchat 'Snapstreaks'

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Here’s how you can now set up a new iPhone easier than ever

After iOS 12.4 update, users can now practically transfer anything from their old iPhones or iPads including pictures, messages, call details, etc. The apps, however, gets downloaded later using Wi-Fi. Curious about this new feature? Here’s our step-by-step guide

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Facebook working on an AR device that will let users type with their mind

Facebook is developing a brain-computer Augmented Reality (AR) interface device that would help users type with their mind.

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Samsung warns about Japanese curbing export of chip-making materials, says it will delay returning money to shareholders

​The South Korean tech giant also posted a 56% plunge in June-quarter profit as an oversupply of memory chips continued to weigh down prices.

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Samsung profit plunges 56%, warns of "significant new challenges"

SAMSUNG-ELEC-Samsung says Japanese curbs cloud outlook as profit halves, shares fall

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Apple wants to make high-end computers in U.S., needs tariff relief: Cook

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Tuesday said that the desire to keep Mac Pro computer production in United States was behind the company's recent request for tariff exclusions.

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Apple beats estimates, even as iPhone sales drop

Apple's services, wearables shore up results as iPhone drops below half of sales

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The iPhone is no longer the 'king' for Apple: 10 reasons why

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Ready with 6th gen Wi-Fi, betting big on 5G: Cisco

Networking giant Cisco on Tuesday said it is ready with sixth-generation Wi-Fi for faster connectivity compatible for the fifth-generation cellular network.

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Cloud services grow 31% in 2018, Amazon top vendor again: Report

The global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew by 31.3 per cent in 2018 to $32.4 billion, up from $24.7 billion in 2017, with Amazon again emerging as the top vendor, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and IBM, a new report by Gartner Inc said on Tuesday.

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DoT "working on" proposal for MTNL, BSNL merger: Source

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is "working on" a proposal for merger of cash-strapped BSNL and MTNL as part of efforts to revive the ailing state-owned telecom firms, a source said.

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Researchers develop AI tool to predict cell behaviour during diseases, treatment

Researchers have developed -- scGen -- an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tool which promises to reshape the way we study diseases and their treatment at cellular level.

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Twitter board member leaves the company

The first African-American member of Twitter's board of directors -- Debra Lee is stepping down from her position after three years of services at the micro-blogging platform.

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Tabletop technology may improve restaurant services and boost revenues: Study

We've all been there...you're out to eat and in need of a refill or the check and the wait staff is nowhere to be found. Now, a recent study shows that adding a tabletop device can improve restaurant services and increase revenues.

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iOS 13 beta users can resize app icons on home screen: Report

To let users customise and personalise their home screens, Apple is adding a feature that would let people resize app icons on iPads and iPhones.

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Banning cryptocurrencies in India not the solution: Nasscom

An inter-ministerial committee last week submitted the report and the draft bill on banning of cryptocurrencies.

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PUBG Lite becomes top free game in Google Play Store with 10 million downloads

Just three days after its launch, the Lite app of battle game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) has become the top free game in Google Play Store in India with over 10 million downloads, China-based parent company Tencent Games announced on Tuesday.

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Capital One hacked, says information of 100 million-plus users leaked

Capital One Financial Corp said on Monday that personal information including names and addresses of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people in Canada were obtained by a hacker who has been arrested.

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Sony posts 18% jump in Q1 profit, beats market expectations

Japan's Sony Corp on Tuesday reported an 18.4% increase in first-quarter operating profit, beating market expectations thanks to a strong performance in the image sensor business.

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Huawei Technologies posts 23% H1 revenue growth despite US sanctions

China's Huawei Technologies said on Tuesday revenue in the first half of the year grew 23.2% - faster than a year ago - despite an intense US campaign against it that ultimately became a trade ban from mid-May.

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Paytm's rival PhonePe gets Rs 698 crore boost

Flipkart-owned digital payments company PhonePe has received a fund infusion of about Rs 698 crore from its parent firm, as per regulatory filings.

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How to create and send WhatsApp stickers for Shivratri

Sharavan is one of the most auspicious months for Hindus. The month is considered to be of Lord Shiva. Sawan Shivratri falls on Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi, which is fourteenth day of the waning phase of moon. Several people also send stickers as Shivratri greetings on WhatsApp. In case you are not sure how to download them, here's our step-by-step guide:

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DoT issues 5G trial norms: Here's what they are

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued guidelines for 5G trials across all available spectrum bands indicating to allocate up to 400 MHz of radio waves for experiments. The DoT has fixed a uniform fee of Rs 5,000 for the trial licence.

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How Indian Railways has brought Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone-Idea 'together'

Mobile operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have vehemently opposed allocation of premium 700 MHz spectrum to Indian Railways for specific services, citing commercial value of such radiowaves and the potential for 4G and 5G offerings.

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Uber lays off 400 employees globally

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc said that it laid off 400 people globally from its marketing team.

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Huawei market share rises to 38% as China smartphone market declines: Report

Smartphone shipment in the world's largest smartphone market declined for the 9th consecutive quarter by 6% in the three months ended June to 97.6 million units.

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Companies using Facebook 'Like' button liable for data: EU court

EU-FACEBOOK-Companies using Facebook 'Like' button liable for data: EU court

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Google paid people $5 to scan their faces for Pixel4

At a time when face recognition technology is in the thick of controversies, Google paid people $5 in exchange for a facial scan to build an accurate face unlock feature for the upcoming Pixel 4.

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Vodafone-Idea to shut down m-pesa business, writes off Rs 210 crore

Nearly 17 months after it began operations, ABIPBL on July 20 announced winding up of its business on account of "unanticipated developments" that made its economic model "unviable".

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How Amazon may deliver really bad news for Zomato, Swiggy

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No, WhatsApp isn’t offering you 1000GB of free data: 9 things to know about this 'happy birthday' scam

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ZTE patents for slider design, dual selfie camera device

Chinese handset maker ZTE has filed a patent for a smartphone with a slider design and two selfie cameras. This comes barely a month after the company filed a patent for a smartphone with dial punch-hole cameras.

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Digital technologies to reshape labour markets, industries and credit impacts: Report

But productivity gains may take time to materialise and growth of the digital economy will bring its own set of challenges.

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RBI slaps Rs 26 lakh fine on Mobikwik, Hip Bar for violating norms

One Mobikwik Systems Private Limited has been slapped a fine of Rs 15 lakh while Hip Bar Pvt Ltd faced a fine of Rs 10.85 lakh, according to an RBI release.

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Why Amazon's next move may spoil Zomato, Swiggy's party

The Seattle-based company is working with local partner Catamaran, founded by IT industrialist Narayana Murthy, and has begun hiring staff for the new operation, the sources said, declining to be named because the plans had yet to be made public.

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Chandrayaan-2 orbit successfully raised third time: ISRO

The third orbit raising activity for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has been performed successfully at 3.12 p.m. on Monday, the Indian space agency said.

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Google to tap into Cloud opportunities in Indian government sector

According to Google, the time is ripe for the company to now deeply explore the government sector as various state governments are moving fast on initiatives like building smart cities.

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Waymo has joined hands with this firm to improve self-driving cars

Alphabet-owned Waymo has partnered with UK-based computer programmes company DeepMind on a 'Population-Based Training' method for pedestrian detection that has the best neural networks like life forms do in natural selection, thus, saving time and effort.

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Why BSNL has ordered officers to fly economy class

The public sector firm recorded a provisional loss of Rs 4,859 crore in 2015-16, of Rs 4,793 crore in 2016-17 and Rs 7,993 crore in 2017-18, which is estimated to rise to Rs 14,202 crore in 2018-19, as per official data given to Parliament.

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Flipkart set to enter offline market with furniture store

According to the company, this is a step towards helping customers understand the vast selection of furniture offered by Flipkart and increase awareness around the seamless buying and installation experience it offers.

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From Belarus to Bahrain, the small states going big on cryptocurrency

Investors can trade bitcoin on an exchange run by Prokopenya.

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Xiaomi Redmi K20 review: Makes the right noise

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Huawei says its foldable smartphone 'Mate X' still being optimised

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei is still optimising the foldable Mate X smartphone and would not make it public without meeting quality requirements, the company's director of consumer business mobile phones He Gang has said.

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Apple’s iPads spree may continue in 2019 with seven models expected

With these two iPads, a total of seven iPads are now alleged to be launched in 2019 — all of which will run on iPad OS 13 operating system.

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Facebook shifting Instant Games from Messenger to main app

Social networking giant Facebook is removing its feature Instant Games out of Messenger and adding it to the Facebook Gaming tab on the main app.

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Make India hub of telecom equipment manufacturing: Ravi Shankar Prasad to telcos

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday exhorted the sector to make India a hub for telecom equipment manufacturing.

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Vodafone Idea may end up becoming fringe player if revenue growth doesn't happen, say analysts

Vodafone Idea’s weak first-quarter earnings could rapidly relegate India’s top telecom operator by subscribers to a regional player if it fails to grow revenue in the coming quarters, analysts said.

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Putting on weight? Here's why your smartphone may be to blame

Spending too much time using the smartphone facilitates sedentary behaviours.

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How this online banking scam made a man lose over Rs 2 lakh while ordering food online

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How to prevent apps from collecting your data on your Android smartphone

Users’ data isn’t that safe anymore and it has been illustrated many a times when news about apps being hacked appears frequently. Several apps -- including Facebook -- have been targeted for harnessing the personal data from users. In case, you are worried about your privacy and want to prevent apps from collecting your data, here are a few tips that can help

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Apple’s big $1bn deal with Intel, Xiaomi remains number 1, Facebook fined $5 billion and more

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Features iPhone 11 may have of old iPhones and the ones it may dump

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Xiaomi Redmi 7A 10-point review: Is it your best budget phone choice under Rs 6,000?

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How to stop others from going through your photos on an iPhone

On Apple iPhone, there’s a way with which you can stop others from swiping through your photos. Although the ‘setup’ process might seem a bit complicated but once you do it, you can just do so by a few clicks. Want to know how? Read on:

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Facebook ad library failed to serve its purpose, say experts

Researchers and experts have slammed Facebook for making its Ad Library -- meant to bring a new level of transparency to online ad buys -- riddled with errors and technical glitches that make it virtually unusable.

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U.S. to deny tariff relief for Apple Mac Pro parts from China: Trump

U.S. to deny tariff relief for Apple Mac Pro parts from China: Trump

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Jio emerges as India's biggest telecom player; Voda Idea user base dips to 320 million

According to the financial results reported by Reliance Industries last week, its subsidiary Reliance Jio had a user base of 331.3 million by June 2019.

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Like Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, Apple's Siri is listening to your conversations too

A former contractor has revealed that Apple is paying contractors to listen to users’ conversations with Siri.

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T-Mobile wins US antitrust approval for $26 billion takeover of Sprint

The companies have agreed to divest Sprint's prepaid businesses, including Boost Mobile, to satellite television firm Dish Network Corp to create a fourth US wireless carrier.

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These are the top courses that you can do to get the next big IT job

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These are the top courses that you can do to get the next big IT job

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Fears over data privacy arise as WhatsApp plans Pay feature in India

As Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced launching its Payments service in India later this year, the fears of data privacy came back to the fore, with the government reportedly asking the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to ensure that users' data are not shared.

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Amazon hopeful of stable ecommerce policy from India

Amazon is hopeful that the Indian government would release a "stable predictable" e-commerce policy that would allow the retail behemoth keep investing and creating jobs in the country.

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Australia to form dedicated department to scrutinise Google, Facebook activities

Australia on Friday said it would form a dedicated department to keep check on Facebook and Google as part of reforms to protect privacy of consumers and ensure antitrust laws are respected in the country.

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Making privacy controls more easily accessible: Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Sundar Pichai's comment came at a time when technology companies are facing challenges of protecting user privacy amid increased scrutiny by regulators.

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5 hours daily on phone increases risk of obesity: Researchers

Researchers have found that students who use their smartphones five or more hours a day are prone to higher risk of obesity and likely to have other lifestyle habits that increases the risk of heart disease.

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Apple announces winners of 2019 iPhone photography awards

Apple has announced the winners of the 2019 iPhone Photography Awards, showcasing best images shot on iPhones from around the world.

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Twitter revenue grew 18% in Q2

Twitter revenue grew 18 per cent year-over-year to reach $841 million in the second quarter of 2019, while its average monetizable daily active users (mDAU) hit 139 million, the microblogging site said on Friday.

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Videos featuring kids get 3 times more views on YouTube: Report

At a time when YouTube is facing flak for not being careful with issues concerning children, a new study shows that videos featuring kids under 13 years gather three times more traction on the platform.

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Facebooks wants your phone number, photo and you can’t say no

This move can be seen as Facebook’s way to fight inactive accounts and anonymous accounts which are primarily meant to stalk people.

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Facebook co-founder lobbying for firm's break up: Report

acebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes is not just stopping at voicing his opinion favouring the break up of the social network. New reports suggests that he is in talks with influential US government officials who are evaluating the market power of the company.

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Businesses ill-prepared for adopting quantum technologies: PwC executive

Businesses globally are ill-prepared for adopting quantum technologies based on the principles of quantum physics that deal with the behaviour of matter and light on the atomic and subatomic scales, according to a senior executive of British advisory multinational PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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Biotech firm Biocon reports 86% annual growth in Q1

India's leading biotech firm Biocon on Thursday reported Rs 206-crore consolidated net profit for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2019-20, registering a whopping 86 per cent annual growth from Rs 120 crore in the same period a year ago.

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BSNL launches two new prepaid plans of Rs 1,001, Rs 1,399: Here's what they offer

State-owned telecom operator BSNL has launched two new plans with long-term validity for prepaid users. The plans — Plan-1399 and Plan-1001 -- were launched on July 25 and interested subscribers can only opt for it till October 22, reveals the Telangana region website of BSNL.

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Samsung to delay Galaxy Fold launch in smaller markets: Report

Samsung will launch its first foldable phone, Galaxy Fold, in September after having made improvements to its design. The phone's original release on April 26 was aborted after tech reviewers found it was not as durable as expected.

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US presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sues Google for $50 million

Tulsi Gabbard, the Democratic presidential candidate and the first Hindu member of the US Congress, has sued Google for at least $50 million for the tech giant's "discriminatory actions" against her 2020 election campaign and stifling her free speech rights when it briefly suspended her campaign's advertising account after the first Democratic debate in June.

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Apple has acquired Intel's 5G business for $1 billion: What it means for iPhone users and more

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Amazon's push for faster delivery dents profits, costs up 21%

Revenue for the world's largest online retailer jumped 20% to $63.4 billion in the just-ended second quarter.

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Australia to set up antitrust office to police Facebook, Google

Google and Facebook have rejected proposals for closer scrutiny contained in a previously released draft of the ACCC report, saying the watchdog had underestimated the level of competition in the Australian online advertising market.

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Google parent Alphabet's revenue rebounds; easing doubts on growth and boosting shares

The results helped Alphabet dismiss as a rare blip a $1 billion revenue miss in the first quarter, which had prompted an outburst of investor questions and the biggest one-day sell-off in its shares in about seven years.

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Intel says customers stockpiling chips on U.S.-China tension, hikes forecast

The chip industry is in a slowdown, with research firm Gartner forecasting a 9.6% drop in global semiconductor revenue in 2019, to $429 billion.

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China suspects FedEx broke law by declining Huawei shipments: Report

China's investigation of FedEx came after the United States placed Huawei on an "entity list" that effectively bars U.S.-based suppliers from serving the company.

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Snapdeal delivers 'fake' products; Kota police books company founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal

They were booked for cheating under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code after businessman Indermohan Singh Honey complained that instead of a Woodland belt and a wallet, he was delivered fakes.

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Xiaomi, Samsung, others: Who won, who lost in the Indian smartphone market

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Why Vodafone, BSNL and other telecom firms have been fined Rs 2.6 crore

The penalty has been imposed based on new rule implemented by Trai with effect from October 1, 2017, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha.

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Electronics maker Flex 'seized' Huawei goods worth $100 million in China: Report

Electronics manufacturer Flex held up goods worth some 700 million yuan ($101.85 million) of its Chinese client Huawei Technologies for more than a month after Washington put Huawei on a trade blacklist, China's Global Times reported on Thursday.

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Facebook has removed these fake Pages, Groups and accounts

Facebook on Thursday said it removed multiple Pages, Groups and accounts that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour on its platform and Instagram and originated in Thailand, Russia, Ukraine and Honduras.

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TikTok video of an Indian policewoman dancing goes viral, here’s what happened next

Social media users reacted sharply after a policewoman from Gujarat was reportedly suspended for a TikTok video shot inside Langhnaj village police station in Mehsana district.

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Delhi aims to end manual scavenging with technology: Minister

After claiming to have ended incidents of death caused by sewer cleaning, Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam will go to Kerala to explore technological solutions to eradicate casualties resulting from cleaning of septic tanks.

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HC to Centre: Should Google be allowed to upload Indian maps

The Delhi High Court directed the Centre to examine whether Google should be restrained from uploading maps of India, including defence installations, on its web service.

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How to download and save photos/videos from WhatsApp status

At times, people want to save a status posted by their friends and family and start looking for a method that is just more than a screenshot. Having said that, WhatsApp does not offer any such feature within the app and hence there comes the need of a workaround that allows users to save the photos and videos from WhatsApp Status.

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This is what Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon are facing scrutiny from US justice department for

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether big technology companies are engaged in anticompetitive behaviour, addressing a rising tide of criticism they have become too powerful to the detriment of consumers.

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IIT Kanpur inks pact with Ericsson to tackle Delhi pollution

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) this week entered into a partnership with Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson to deploy Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) to monitor air pollution in Delhi.

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Tesla reports $408 million net loss, top executive to leave

Despite delivering a record 95,200 cars in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019, Elon Musk-led electric car maker Tesla reported a net loss of $408 million for the quarter that ended June 30.

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US-based Salesforce joins Alibaba to gain customers in China

In a bid to make inroads into China, US-based Cloud computing firm Salesforce has joined hands with Alibaba. A leader in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, Salesforce will now be able to reach customers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Password-stealing malware attacks grew 60% in first half of 2019: Report

The use of malware designed to harvest consumers digital data, known as password stealers, grew 60 per cent in the first half of 2019, affecting a large number of users in India, showed data from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.

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Tinder has launched this new feature

Global online dating app Tinder on Thursday announced a new safety feature for members of the LGBTQ community aiming to protect them from the risk of using dating apps in nearly 70 countries where the LGBTQ status still remains criminalised.

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WhatsApp Pay to come to India later this year, says global head

Facebook-owned WhatsApp is all set to launch its peer-to-peer, UPI-based Pay service for over 300 million users -- especially the small and medium businesses (SMBs) -- in India sometimes later this year, its Global Head Will Cathcart announced here on Thursday.

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Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy on Friday was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Royal Holloway, University of London, for his outstanding contribution to the field of Computer Science and the role model he represents in India and on the global stage.

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At a time when "photo-morphing" application FaceApp is courting controversy, a fake app that is designed to trick users into thinking it is a certified version of FaceApp is infecting users' devices with an adware module called "MobiDash", cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said on Friday.

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Googles Stadia controllers would not work with Bluetooth headsets at launch, rather they would connect directly to the Stadia server using WiFi to help with the problem of lag while gaming.

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Uncrewed SpaceX Starship could land on the moon by 2021, following which, a manned moon mission could be a quick possibility, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said.

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ShopClues sacks 50% of its workforce

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The government has allocated and disbursed Rs 20,431 crore for the BharatNet project till date to connect all 2.5 lakh village panchayats with high-speed broadband network, Parliament was informed Thursday.

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South Korea's Samsung Electronics has sent letters to local partners urging them to stockpile more Japanese components in case Tokyo expands its export restrictions, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

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Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah has won $30,000 as a part of a bug bounty programme after he spotted a flaw in Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram.

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Taiwan's TSMC forecast that robust demand for 5G chips will drive a stronger second-half even as it anticipates a dispute between Japan and South Korea involving chip-making materials to be a big source of uncertainty.

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Digital currencies such as Facebook's planned Libra raise serious concerns and must be regulated as tightly as possible to ensure they do not upset the world's financial system, Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers said on Thursday.

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The city of Oakland in Northern California has become the second Bay Area city to outlaw the use of facial recognition technology by municipal agencies following a unanimous vote by its council to approve the ban.

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You will soon be able to hide replies in the conversation thread on Twitter that are offensive, hateful or racist in nature. The micro-blogging platform is testing a feature called "Hide Replies", beginning with users in Canada which will be rolled out globally.

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The social media company is fighting to get Washington on its side after it shocked regulators and lawmakers with its announcement on June 18 that it was hoping to launch a new digital coin called Libra in 2020.

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Government has issued notices to social media platforms Tiktok and Helo along with a set of 21 questions threatening to ban these apps if it does not receive appropriate response, official sources said. The action from Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) follows complaint by RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) to the Prime Minister, in which it alleged that the platforms are being used for anti-national activities.

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Almost all sales professionals -- 94 per cent -- use technology to close more deals in India and those professionals who rely on sales technology outperform their peers, says a new survey by Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn.

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Global software major Wipro on Wednesday reported Rs 2,390 crore net profit for the first quarter of FY20, registering 12.6 per cent annual growth from Rs 2,094 crore in the same period a year ago. Sequentially, net profit declined 4.2 per cent from Rs 2,494 crore a quarter ago.

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Amid complaints of social media giants promoting certain views to suit their business interests, BJP lawmaker in the Rajya Sabha, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Wednesday demanded to bring a law to ensure that freedom of expression of people is not curtailed.

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Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' divorce from his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos, was finalised by a Seattle-area judge on Friday, paving the way for her to receive $38.3 billion worth of Amazon stock, Bloomberg reported. In April, Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, said in a filing that 4% of its outstanding stock or 19.7 million shares would be registered in MacKenzie Bezos' name after court approval of the divorce

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Amazon, HP and other tech giants may move production out of China

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Man convicted for role in illegally exporting semiconductor chips to China

A part-time resident of Los Angeles, Yi-Chi Shih was found guilty of multiple charges and faces a statutory maximum sentence of 219 years in federal prison.

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Apple reveals government demands about apps on the App Store

Apple has for the first time published requests it received from governments globally to remove apps with "unlawful content" from its App Store.

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Facebook to address misleading health and fitness claims in News Feed

Facebook has begun addressing sensational and misleading nutrition, health and fitness claims on its platform by lowering them in your News Feed.

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Huawei 5G marketing ban will continue: White House adviser

The White House has said that Chinese tech giant Huawei will remain banned from developing its 5G wireless networks in the US, although US firms will be allowed to sell small components such as chips to the Chinese company.

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Reliance Jio is making an 'international call': 8 things to know

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Bitcoin's losses grow; recoils 30% from 2019 highs

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin skidded as much as 9% on Tuesday, falling below the $10,000 mark and pushing losses to over 30% since the original cryptocurrency hit an 18-month-high last week.

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This method may let gamers communicate through their minds only

Imagine playing video games together with your friends seated at different places while communicating only with your minds. Researchers from University of Washington including one of Indian-origin have developed a method just to do that, brining telepathic communication a step closer to reality.

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LG Uplus to launch 5G-based Cloud gaming service

LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday said it will release a Cloud-based virtual reality (VR) gaming service later in 2019, taking advantage of its low-latency 5G network.

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eSIM-based devices shipments to reach 2bn by 2025

Shipments of eSIM-based devices are set to reach almost two billion units by 2025, up from 364 million in 2018, a new report by Counterpoint Research said on Monday.

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Facebook fined for violating German transparency law

BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities have fined Facebook (FB.O) 2 million euros ($2.26 million) for providing a distorted picture of the amount of illegal content on the social media platform, a violation of the country’s law on internet transparency.

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